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For this week's personal project, I thought it'd be a good idea to draw (I think) my favourite support character in Beastars.

WARNING. AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS MAY HAVE SPOILERS FOR THE CURRENT SEASON OF BEASTARS.

Don't get me wrong, I have yet to find a character in this series that I don't like (I'm both watching the anime and reading the manga). But there's something about Pina that I find endlessly appealing. I like the way Paru Itagaki has played with the pretty boy trope, with how he's introduced as this seemingly selfish and self-centred jerk who's only there for the attention. You know, the sort of character that gets all the girls crazy but then he turns out to be the bad guy (see Goro Akechi in Persona 5 for more on this subject). But then Itagaki does a 180º with a flourish on us and reveals that Pina just wants to help. And not only does he want to help, he's got the brains to do so. He's not just charisma attached to a pretty face, he's super smart and resourceful. It was around the time he joins forces with Legoshi that I was convinced. This guy rules.

So I went and drew a picture of him, this time focusing only on the values (as I did a couple of times before) using a random colour palette picked blindly by my good friend and here's the end result. I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out, it was a wonderful exercise as it always is to focus solely on the values and do just shadows and highlights.

Please, let me know what you think of it in the comments. I appreciate each and every single one I receive.

You can check the Making Of post right here.

Thank you!

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Description

For this week's personal project, I thought it'd be a good idea to draw (I think) my favourite support character in Beastars.

WARNING. AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS MAY HAVE SPOILERS FOR THE CURRENT SEASON OF BEASTARS.

Don't get me wrong, I have yet to find a character in this series that I don't like (I'm both watching the anime and reading the manga). But there's something about Pina that I find endlessly appealing. I like the way Paru Itagaki has played with the pretty boy trope, with how he's introduced as this seemingly selfish and self-centred jerk who's only there for the attention. You know, the sort of character that gets all the girls crazy but then he turns out to be the bad guy (see Goro Akechi in Persona 5 for more on this subject). But then Itagaki does a 180º with a flourish on us and reveals that Pina just wants to help. And not only does he want to help, he's got the brains to do so. He's not just charisma attached to a pretty face, he's super smart and resourceful. It was around the time he joins forces with Legoshi that I was convinced. This guy rules.

So I went and drew a picture of him, this time focusing only on the values (as I did a couple of times before) using a random colour palette picked blindly by my good friend and here's the end result. I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out, it was a wonderful exercise as it always is to focus solely on the values and do just shadows and highlights.

Please, let me know what you think of it in the comments. I appreciate each and every single one I receive.

You can check the Making Of post right here.

Thank you!

Feel free to follow me in any of these other websites.

[ Art Tumblr ] [ Twitter ] [ DeviantArt ] [ Instagram ]

[ NewGrounds ] [ ArtStation ] [ Pillowfort ]

[ Movie Slate's Ask Blog ] [ Pinterest ] [ Picarto ]